The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters

Brandon R. Grafius is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Academic Dean at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit. He is the co-chair of the Bible and Film Session of the Society of Biblical Literature. The author of numerous books and articles, he is also the film area editor for de Gruyter's Encyclopaedia of the Bible and Its Reception.John W. Morehead is an adjunct instructor in new and world religions at the Multnomah Campus of Jessup University. He is the editor of several books including Horror Comics and Religion, Theology and Horror, and The Paranormal and Popular Culture.

• Introduction by Brandon R. Grafius and John W. Morehead Background Studies 1. Overview of Monster Theory by Doug Cowan 2. Monstrous God and Monstrous Creators by Anthony Rees 3. Demons and Monsters of Mesopotamia by Anne Marie Kitz 4. Ghosts of Mesopotamia by JoAnn Scurlock Hebrew Bible Explorations 5. Moloch by George Heider 6. Anzu by Tammi Schneider 7. Giants by Brian Doak 8. Lilith by Jessi Knippel and Leland Merritt 9. Shapeshifters in Daniel by Michael Hammett 10. Monsters of Daniel 7 by Eric Jarrard Monsters of the Divine 11. Leviathan by Robert Miller II 12. Behemoth by Mark Sneed 13. Satan by Ryan Stokes 14. Sheol by Christopher B. Hays 15. The Mischwesen of Ezekiel by Megan Remington Rhetoric of Control 16. The Monstrous Feminine in the Hebrew Bible by Rhiannon Graybill and Peter Sabo 17. Monstrosity in the Wisdom of Solomon by Thomas Scott Cason New Testament and Second Temple Era 18. The Monstrosity of the Crucifixion by Richard Walsh 19. Demons in the New Testament by Archie Wright 20. The Monstrous Jew in the Gospels by Kelly J. Murphy 21. The Monstrous Dragon of Revelation by Heather Macumber 22. The Other Monsters of Revelation by David Barr Monstrous Afterlives 23. Monstrous Angels in the Modern World by Gregory Stevenson 24. Biblical Demons in Contemporary Culture by Joseph Laycock 25. Satan in Contemporary Culture by Scott Poole 26. The Monsters of Young-Earth Creationists by Valarie Ziegler 27. Today's Apocalyptic Monsters by Elizabeth Coody

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters offers a significant contribution to the study of monstrous figures in biblical traditions and their receptions. Situated within the renewed interest in the study of the "monster" in the humanities-at the intersection of biblical exegesis, cultural studies, literary theory, and monster studies-this edited volume provides an ambitious mapping of the monstrous creatures that inhabit biblical and parabiblical texts. The work is not limited to a descriptive inventory; rather, it examines the symbolic, theological, political, and anthropological functions of monstrosity.